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3 Favorite Books If I had to list three books that inspired my way of thinking, it would the Autobiographies of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson, The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Parker, and The Cosmopolitan Canopy by Elijah Anderson. These books exposed me to the realities of the world we live in. The Autobiographies of an Ex-Colored man displayed the constant struggle of a biracial child navigating through a world of privilege, racism, and oppression while simultaneously,…

My journey through English Composition 1113 has taught me many new writing techniques and how to properly edit and revise my papers. My instructor, Mrs. Beddingfield, has pushed me to a new level as a student which has made my writing skills improve tremendously. If it wasn't for her, I know my writing would not be near as good as it is today. Over the course of the semester, I have improved in three main aspects of my writing skills: creativity, thought organization, and crucial editing skills.…

(http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/) This is an invaluable resource for my AP classes. I can access practice free response questions, rubrics, and actual student samples. I use these to have my students prepare for the exam and to have them self-evaluate and revise their work. This site also includes many professional resources, including the AP Teacher Community, where you can network with AP teachers from all over the world to discuss materials, topics, course requirements, etc. This site is…

It could be said that the most difficult thing a person can do is to transform their ideas, opinions, and research into writing. Many people wonder how people embark on this. What is the process like? Do they enjoy doing it? Why do they do it? Is it difficult? What makes it difficult or easy? During an interview with Kannesha Fulllove some of these questions have been answered. I find it fascinating to learn about someone else’s perspective of writing rather than my own. Kaneesha came from a…

a handbook of successful student checklists, rubrics, prompts, and student writing examples to aid teachers in this process. Students can revise their work and independently guide themselves through the writing process with these tools and self-assessments. The teacher will also confer with individual students during this time, to check in and help them revise their work (Calkins & Harwayne,…

wondering what happened and how she got in the situation she was in. I also thought that is was cool that the story started with outcome of the end of the world and how she was all alone and ended with it. After my first draft I was given feedback to revise on the sensory details with certain things that happened to her so the reader could really feel how she felt. I agreed that that would make the story better. So the part where her mom died, I put way more detail in how she reacted when she…

In this portfolio, included is my final revised personal narrative essay entitled “My savior and Lighted Path,” my first graded draft of this essay, and my letter of Final Essay Reflection. The “My savior and Lighted Path” paper contains the reasons as to why I am college and why school is so significant to me. In this essay, I speak about my life growing up with a poor, sickly mother in a poor neighborhood where my mother had abusive boyfriends to help pay her medical bills and finances. I go…

father; single mother with children is being paid less than without children, on the contrary single father with children is paid more than without children. This illustrates how unreasonable and unfair the governmental system is and how much the revise of the law is required. Women are penalized for having children, they earn less in every single field due to the fact that they start a family. Even though they are well organized, responsible and have their obligations under control, they are…

your rough draft to is your final draft. This week I learned about annotated bibliography and the 7 steps to building a brilliant argument like taking a stand, gathering evidence, drafting a thesis statement, creating an outline, writing a draft, revise your introduction and proofread. This week I learned about Incorporating Evidence and how to write a topic sentence. A topic sentence states the point the writer wishes to make about the subject they are writing…

I chose the episodic narrative piece because I believe it was the hardest, yet most interesting writing I have written this semester. I struggled with this piece because I tend to have too many details in my stories. The episodic narrative allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and keep my writing precise, but also work on only using important details. The episodic narrative began as a slightly different list of vacations. Even within the vacations I had from the beginning I revised my ideas…